by | Apr 30, 2024 | Security
MILAN — The Lithuanian government has approved new procedures designed to lower administrative hurdles for foreign defense looking to open production facilities in the Baltic state. The moves ride on a wave of demand in Europe for anything from artillery shells to...
by | Apr 30, 2024 | Security
The past 18 months have seen unprecedented interest among senior defense officials and Congress in the state of the nation’s defense energetics enterprise. Energetic materials — substances or mixtures that release energy rapidly — are used in military applications for...
by | Apr 30, 2024 | Security
ROME — Italy and France have committed to more closely integrating their land warfare firms as the former seeks to join long-awaited Franco-German tank program. A letter of intent, signed Monday in Corsica by the defense ministers of France and Italy, called for the...
by | Apr 30, 2024 | Security
The Volt Typhoon hacks that targeted U.S. critical infrastructure won’t be the last of their kind, according to a Marine Corps cyber leader. The Chinese intrusion affected organizations spanning the communications, utilities, education and government sectors including...
by | Apr 30, 2024 | Security
The U.S. Marine Corps has established a new office that brings together science, technology, requirements and acquisition professionals to help streamline how the service fields new technology. The Fusion Center, located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, allows...
by | Apr 30, 2024 | Security
ISLAMABAD — The first of eight Hangor II submarines for Pakistan was recently launched at the Wuchang Shipbuilding yard in Wuhan, China, though it’s uncertain what could be powering the boat given Germany’s block on an engine export. The initial Hangor II delivery...
by | Apr 29, 2024 | Security
Metal shavings in contaminated fuel, incorrectly assembled parts, and a plastic scraper protruding from a wing fold were among the faults discovered in five new F-35C Joint Strike Fighters delivered to a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron in California in 2023,...
by | Apr 29, 2024 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — RTX’s Raytheon selected Spanish engineering and technology group Sener to make a key component of the Patriot air-defense system’s interceptor missile at its Madrid site. The contract, announced by the companies on April 29, covers the...
by | Apr 29, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The French government offered to buy the defense-strategic assets from struggling information-technology company Atos to keep them from falling under foreign control. Atos received a non-binding letter of intent from the French state on April 27 to buy all of...
by | Apr 29, 2024 | Security
ROME — Britain’s defense minister has stated that Italy has sent Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, lifting the lid on months of secrecy surrounding Italy’s supply of weaponry to Kyiv. Grant Shapps made the announcement while touring the factory in the UK where missile...
